In her previous life, Ye Zhenzhen believed her adoptive mother’s lies and thought that the young general Lu Jibai was a brutish, savage killer.
At her coming-of-age ceremony at eighteen, she begged the emperor to cancel her arranged marriage to Lu Jibai. Little did she know that this would be the beginning of her tragic life. Matched with the heir of the Marquis of Ning by her adoptive mother, she became a puppet, an accomplice, and a murderer, all lulled by honeyed words. She not only brought ruin upon the entire general’s household, but also caused the crown prince’s downfall, killed the emperor, and mistook her enemy for her father. She helped her father’s killer ascend the throne, only to be torn apart by five horses once she was no longer useful.
Reborn, she stood once more at her coming-of-age ceremony, having already asked the emperor to annul her engagement. Just as she was about to ask him to reconsider, Lu Jibai appeared and knelt before the emperor, begging him to grant them a six-month trial period. If she still wanted to end the engagement afterward, he would not stand in her way. Everyone was flabbergasted: the cold and heartless Lu Jibai had actually spoken up to ask his fiancée to stay.
Before long, Lu Jibai was constantly by Ye Zhenzhen’s side, pouring her tea and tending to her every need.
Only then did everyone realize that the ruthless, decisive chief minister, who commanded a powerful army, was a doting husband.
No one knew that he had longed for this beauty through two entire lifetimes.
